Meet Our Team

Blaine Wilkes, Owner

​​Blaine started her wellness journey when she became a certified group exercise instructor and personal trainer in 1991.  Over the next two and a half decades she immersed herself in a healthcare career while teaching others to live active, healthy lifestyles and competing in running races and triathlons including 30+ marathons and 4 Ironman triathlons. Blaine also became a certified holistic health coach in 2012. 

After significant soul searching and meditation, Blaine decided to leave the corporate world and create a space where her community could gather to work on physical, mental and emotional growth in a safe, fun and supportive environment.  Blaine opened Yoga Hive Colorado in 2017.  

​In addition to a 200 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Hatha Yoga, Blaine is a Master Energy Medicine Yoga Teacher, studying directly under Energy Medicine Yoga Founder, Lauren Walker and has completed a 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Energy Medicine Yoga. Blaine has also completed a 300 hour Yoga Teacher Training in Meditation and Kriya in Rishikesh, India.  Blaine is currently studying Eden Energy Medicine as created by Donna Eden. 

She is a registered yoga teacher (RYT 500), certified aerial yoga teacher, and meditation coach.  ​Passionate about fitness, Blaine is a certified Group Fitness Instructor by American Council on Exercise and continues to pursue education in yoga, energy medicine, fitness, nutrition, meditation and wellness.

A vegetarian since age 12 and vegan since 2009, Blaine works with individuals and families to transition to a plant-based and more compassionate lifestyle.  Blaine leads yoga and vegan retreats and is the leader of the Boulder Chapter of Vegan Ladyboss.

Hannah Breault

Hannah’s love for yoga blossomed in the backwoods of Maine, where she was born and raised.

​After earning a degree in Creative Writing, she moved to Boulder, Colorado. Her practice started with a book, but was transformed by her teachers. Hannah teaches Aerial Yoga, Vinyasa, and Yin Yoga.

​She believes the energy we cultivate on our yoga mats transfers directly to our lives off the mat. In her classes, Hannah offers a safe space where students feel held in their practice. Her teaching style is meditative, creative, and playful. She encourages curiosity, laughter, and exploration towards your most authentic self.

Laura Zeigler

Laura Zeigler has taught yoga to adults and kids since 2010. As a graduate of Naropa University,  she studied yoga, meditation, contemplative education, aikido and Sanskrit. Before yoga, Laura taught preschool and has worked professionally with children for over 15 years. By practicing and teaching yoga, Laura has seen what a potent, life-changing tool it is and her desire to help others discover this continues to fuel her passion to teach. She believes in employing multiple forms, allowing students to discover their own inner teacher.

In 2014 she was certified to teach AcroYoga and is particularly excited by it because she loves practicing in community.  Through AcroYoga she discovered Thai massage, which continues to deepen her understanding of both physical and spiritual anatomy as well as her practice of conscious, healing touch. She is grateful for the opportunity to enrich her community by teaching mindful Yoga and AcroYoga classes for kids and teens, adults, and families.

​When she is not on the mat teaching or practicing, you can find Laura spending quality time with her family, working at yoga and music festivals, or upside down in the park - either on her hands or someone else’s feet!

Tinna Petursson

Tinna Petursson grew up in Iceland, Canada and the U.S..  She has lived in Colorado for the past 11 years and loves the easy access to outdoor life.  20 years ago, Tinna discovered yoga while working as an Investment Banker in Toronto, Canada.  Yoga was a welcome break from her stressful work environment. She is a registered yoga teacher (RYT 200) and a certified aerial yoga teacher.  

Tinna’s approach to yoga focuses on a mixture of asanas, kriyas and breathwork - she loves to incorporate essential oils.  Her classes focus on positivity, breath and listening to your body. She considers teaching a privilege and looks forward to helping her students accomplish their goals.   

When not doing yoga, you can find Tinna spending time with her husband and teenage daughters, traveling, skiing, hiking, reading and cooking vegan meals.  ​

Debbie Whitman

Debbie Whitman grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has called Denver home since 1984.  She has always had a passion for fitness but it was when she made the connection between the spiritual practice of Yoga and her fitness practice that her life really changed.  This prompted a journey to become a Yoga Teacher and to share her passions with others.  

Debbie is a Certified Yoga Teacher and enjoys teaching and practicing Terrestrial, Restorative, Meditative, Energy Medicine and Aerial Yoga.  She values the practice of each, knowing that all have played a vital part in her life and connection with self.  

Her goal as a teacher is to bring the same experience to her students.  She considers it a privilege to practice with them, learn from them and help them accomplish their goals. ​

Debbie is a life-long student and enjoys the experience of learning.   She believes that an “awesome teacher must also be an exceptional student."
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Outside the Yoga studio you will find Debbie;  hiking, cycling, gardening or in the kitchen; creating and cooking. ​

Cat Eskey

For Cat, yoga has been a powerful tool in emotional healing and building a positive relationship between mind and body. She encourages her students to use stillness and space to explore their interior landscape and sit with what they discover there. Cat has completed trainings in flow, aerial silks, yin, restorative, pre/postnatal, and adaptive yoga.

Working from a trauma informed perspective, she is passionate about making yoga accessible to everyone regardless of where they find themselves physically or mentally. Her teaching sparks students' curiosity about their patterns of daily holding and challenges them to break those patterns by moving in dynamic and playful ways.

​​Cat views stepping onto a mat as an opportunity to check in with and then listen to every part of yourself. Intentions, anxieties, fears, and desires are constantly shifting in big and subtle ways- the dialogue never ends. As a teacher, she is simply there to hold space for that conversation.

Rachel Richmond

​​Rachel believes that movement is the medicine that heals the connection between your mind, body, and spirit. Her passion for yoga has gone hand-in-hand with her passion for dance and aerial flight! Rachel's love-affair with aerial arts started with an aerial yoga class in 2016. Since then, she has gone on to learn to fly on aerial silks and hoop, and has performed and competed at various events around Colorado. 

Yoga has always been the cornerstone of her movement practice because it brings a sense of stillness and grounding along with increased flexibility and strength. She completed her aerial yoga teacher training at Yoga Hive Colorado in 2020 and is excited to share the joy of flight, exploration, and relaxation with others through her aerial yoga classes. Rachel strives to make the poses accessible to all students. In aerial yoga, everyone can fly, regardless of body type or prior experience. If you've never tried it before, you'll be surprised what your body can do! "

Mary Ann Kolodny

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​Mary Ann has always been interested in health, fitness and well being. She began her yoga journey years ago as a way to relieve the back pain she had since childhood. Originally from Connecticut Mary Ann move to Colorado 20 years ago with her husband and two sons. 

Introduced to Silks yoga by a work friend who had opened a studio in Bend, Oregon, Mary Ann learned how inversions could help decompress the spine while being supported in the silk.  She knew she had to try it. Mary Ann found joy in the silk while hanging upside down. Using the silk as a prop offers everyone the freedom and joy of inversions. Wanting to share the joy of practicing yoga in the silk she completed Silk Yoga Teacher Training at Yoga Hive in 2019. After teaching/guiding for about a year Mary Ann decided to dive deeper into the spiritual side of yoga as well as pranayamas and meditation. She became a certified 200 YTT in 2020.
 
Mary Ann looks forward to continuing her journey by studying Energy Medicine Yoga and as always sharing her joy with her students. You will find Mary Ann's classes to be a mix of pranayamas, kriyas and asana flow with a moderate pace in a warm, caring atmosphere.

Have courage to follow your passion. There is no age limit to learning. All are welcome.

Lacey Avery

​​Lacey initially pursued yoga solely to stretch after long hikes. She quickly learned that the practice offers a powerful opportunity to connect mind and body through poses, breath work, and energy movement, helping her release tension and anxiety. Lacey designs classes to shift energy and create inner balance. She welcomes her students to grow physically, mentally, and emotionally in a supportive space.

​Lacey is a registered yoga teacher, certified in Energy Medicine Yoga and trained at Yoga Hive Colorado. Originally from Atlanta, Lacey embraces the Colorado lifestyle. You can usually find her exploring nature, writing, or growing plants, often with her pup by her side.

Rose Gibson

​A lifelong health enthusiast + student, Rose has devoted much of her time to the art of movement. She has trained in aerial yoga, silks, trapeze, as well as barre, yoga + an assortment of other fitness techniques. Earning a bachelor’s degree specializing in Exercise Science in Seattle, WA, she has combined her knowledge + experience in sharing this passion with others for nearly a decade. Her intention is to provide an encouraging community for students to heal the body + sharpen the mind through creative, breath focused flows + challenging, intelligent movement.

Valerie Mills

Valerie has always had a passion for movement and music. From a young age she learned how to dance classical ballet, tap and jazz from the city that embodied soul, blues and r&b. She then studied Culinary Arts in Chicago. After long hours on her feet in the kitchen she went to her first hot yoga class to stretch. She unraveled parts of herself that she didn’t even know could be discovered. She tapped into much more than a physical stretch that day. She found herself in the studio breathing, healing, and blossoming into a woman she was proud of.

Valerie is a registered yoga instructor (E-RYT 200) as well as a certified restorative, senior & aerial yoga instructor. She is also a certified holistic nutritionist.

Valerie weaves her background of dance, music, and meditation into her classes. Her intention is to hold space for you to feel free in your body and mind.
Yoga is with us in every moment. Within each breath is an opportunity to realign ourselves to live in the here and now, to live with connection to spirit. “Love who you were, Love who you are, Love who you are becoming”

Alisha Klezmer

​​​Alisha first walked into a yoga class with the intention of finding a relaxing activity to balance out her stressful work environment and was immediately hooked. She fell in love with yoga during her very first class due to its challenging yet supportive nature. Initially attracted to the strength and physical aspect, her yoga journey took her down an unexpected road of self-awareness and mind-body connection. The benefits that yoga has brought to her life, both on and off the mat, is what led Alisha to yoga teacher training. She is a RYT 200 through Yoga Hive and a certified aerial yoga teacher.  Her classes focus on a combination of asana sequences, breathwork, and kriyas.  During a class with Alisha you can expect a safe space to experience the power of yoga through a creative, challenging, and fun yoga flow.